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Call to End Menstruation Stigma

Menstruation is one of the most sensitive topic in the health industry, this is perhaps one of the most familiar questions among women when it comes to fitness — to work out or not to work out during their Menstruation cycle. Its is a very common problem among females and when it occurs they went into the safe zone, mood swings. It has been noticed there is a slight dip in the performance of athletes during the time of periods. There are many speculations around the globe about working out during this phase is bad

Women’s are now breaking ice they are coming forward and bringing awareness in society about the menstruation

A woman named Kiran Gandhi recently made news for running the London Marathon during her period—

She did it to raise awareness among women who lack access to feminine care products, and crossed the finish line with blood-soaked tights. If she can do then why not you can various studies show that while menstruating if women gets going they feel way better

Exercise during periods is not harmful, According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists when you work out your body release a hormone “endorphin” which helps in reducing Stress, cramps and other symptoms during periods. As each one of us has a different body structure and so the other traits also differ from each other, during periods one should be aware of her strength and stamina since the level of discomfort/uneasiness vary from one woman to another. One should do exercise, according to the body requires

We found that regardless of what phase of their menstrual cycle they can still maintain the level of the exercise which they kept throughout their cycle; says lead author Chrisalbeth J. Guillermo, MPH, a researcher from the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. ” They would go to the gym and exercise, regardless of whether they were menstruating or not. The researchers had expected that physical discomfort might get in the way but found that women were way more committed to their fitness routines than that.

The question arise what sort of exercise a woman can do during this phase of life, all exercise is good to go, but they should avoid some exercise which requires intense workout and some yoga poses and also avoid those exercises which require inverted poses, the Moderate level of stretching, cardio exercises make periods easier to deal with. Some yoga poses which you can do to ease menstrual cramps include.

A West Virginia University study found that female runners performed equally well whether tested during the first half or second half of their menstrual cycles

Here are the exercises that might be perfect for you during your period

There
is only one-real rule for working out during your period: Listen to yourself.
If you are cramping in a major way, listen to your body and take the day off.
Push yourself to exercise but don’t push yourself too hard.